Andre Stefan McCollin (born 26 March 1985) is an English

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who last played for

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Career

Born in Lambeth,

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, McCollin spent one season with Fisher Athletic joining from Corinthian Casuals, where he scored 19 goals in 2006–07. McCollin made his Football League debut coming off the bench for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

against

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in August 2008. McCollin signed for

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

on loan in November 2008. He made his debut in the 1–1

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first round draw with Carlisle United on 8 November 2008. McCollin signed on loan for

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

in October 2009. He made his debut and in the process scored a goal in the 3–1 loss to

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

on 31 October 2009. On 12 February 2010, McCollin joined Farnborough on loan. He was released along with three other players on 13 May 2010 by Yeovil, and then returned to Farnborough on a non-contract basis before leaving again after only two substitute appearances. He joined his home-town side Croydon Athletic in August 2010, coming on as substitute on 28 August, in the 65th minute, before being carried off injured after 15 minutes. As of 20 August 2012, McCollin was playing for

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

. He signed for

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

in October 2014. He started the 2015–16 season with

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

and made an immediate impact, scoring five goals in his first four games; moving back to

mid-season, he continued his rich vein of form, scoring twelve league goals in 19 appearances. He joined Tonbridge Angels for the start of the 2016–17 season, scoring after 25 minutes on his debut against Wingate & Finchley, but suffered a broken fibula ten minutes later. Upon his return in February 2017, he scored a last-minute penalty in a 4–1 win over

. McCollin joined

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in November 2017, making his debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat at Lowestoft Town on 11 November and scoring his first goals in a 2–2 draw with

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

three weeks later. He made seven league appearances in total for Merstham. In December 2017, he returned for a third spell at Kingstonian, where he made fifteen appearances in the Isthmian League Premier Division, scoring four goals, but he departed again in March 2018 for Haringey Borough, where he saw out the 2017-18 season with seven league appearances, scoring in each of his first three games for the club. At the end of the season, Haringey played in the Isthmian League Division One North play-off final; McCollin started the match, playing the first 85 minutes as his team beat

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3–1 to earn promotion to the Premier Division. At the start of the 2018-19 season, McCollin joined Harlow Town, scoring on his debut against

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on 11 August, but made only two further appearances for the club before moving to Burgess Hill Town, where he made eighteen league appearances, scoring two goals. On 19 January 2019, McCollin signed with Whyteleafe FC. He moved to Three Bridges for the 2019-20 season, then to

in December 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCollin, Andre 1985 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Lambeth People from Lambeth English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Corinthian-Casuals F.C. players Fisher Athletic F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Croydon Athletic F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Cray Wanderers F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Merstham F.C. players Haringey Borough F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Burgess Hill Town F.C. players Whyteleafe F.C. players